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Radiohead at Sprint Center in Kansas City, 3/11/12

​RadioheadSprint Center, Kansas CitySunday, March 11, 2012With Radiohead continuing to ignore the Twin Cities for some unknown, annoying reason (14 years and counting), Kansas City was the closest the band would get during the first leg of their 2012 U.S. tour for The King Of Limbs. So, 18,000 ... More >>

Other Lives and Halloween, Alaska at the Entry, 02/09/12

Photo By James Rhodes​Other Lives and Halloween, Alaska7th St. Entry, MinneapolisFebruary 9, 2012The music of Other Lives has such a classic, timeless quality to it that even the band's new songs sound instantly familiar. The Stillwater, Oklahoma quintet treated the sold-out Entry to a sweeping ... More >>

Poliça's Mariah Carey connection revealed

​Polica's in-studio performance featuring an interview with the Current's Mark Wheat recently hit NPR, not MPR, but the national one. With an impressive number of camera angles, we get a look at "Wandering Star" and "The Maker" that's not unlike any number of professionally created music videos in ... More >>

The Night release a new EP at the Entry

​Everything from their name to the number of members in the band hint at something simple, but post-punk Minneapolis electro-duo, The Night, are anything but straightforward.Their songs sound like collaborations within themselves -- two halves not quite fitting together as you'd expect -- yet stil ... More >>

Painted Saints capture their latest album on film

Greater Minds pays little attention to convention

Morcheeba: The revealing extended interview

​This week, City Pages talked to Morcheeba frontwoman Skye Edwards about rejoining the band after being dismissed by the popular downtempo trio's founding brothers Godfrey in 2003. Edwards gave Morcheeba its trademark sound with her smoky smooth vocals and longtime fans are psyched to have her bac ... More >>

Roma di Luna at the Cedar, 12/19/10

Photo by Stacy SchwartzRoma di Luna at the Minnesota Zoo last summer​Roma di Luna Christmas ShowDecember 19, 2010Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisRoma di Luna's annual Christmas show at the Cedar last night was a divine treat for all who were lucky enough to snag tickets to the very sold-out per ... More >>

Doomtree's Paper Tiger steps out with Made Like Us

Producer's solo debut features "stuff too weird for a rap beat"

Kill To Kill, Dragons Power Up, Mr. Mustachio, and Puppies and Trains start the weekend early

New faces did their take on familiar ground, and familiar faces did their take on something entirely brand new.

Trip-hop icon Tricky coming to the Fine Line ( 10 great tracks)

Coachella music festival dates announced

The Ting Tings

Various artists: Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads, Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited

Endless Blue: Smoke Through It

Hot Android Action

Turning on to Digitata's blippity ballads

Girl on Film

Blonde Redhead's lyrical music evokes an histoire du cinema

Ghost World

RJD2 creates spy flick cinemascapes for strip mall fugitives

Geek Chic

Reverb rockers Jonas embrace the joys of wonkery

The Beta Band: Hot Shots II

Reverb rockers Jonas embrace the joys of wonkery

Love Songs for Yobs

The Beautiful South serenades the English in all their shabby splendor; Black Box Recorder finds the sad side of sadism

Barry Adamson: The Murky World of Barry Adamson

The Beautiful South serenades the English in all their shabby splendor; Black Box Recorder finds the sad side of sadism

Teenagers in Love

The Beautiful South serenades the English in all their shabby splendor; Black Box Recorder finds the sad side of sadism

Timbaland and Magoo: Welcome to Our World

The Beautiful South serenades the English in all their shabby splendor; Black Box Recorder finds the sad side of sadism

Dusty Springfield / Portishead

The Beautiful South serenades the English in all their shabby splendor; Black Box Recorder finds the sad side of sadism

Scoring

Sound + Vision: A new generation of DJs and musicians play cut 'n' paste with film history.

Bhangra Music

Sound + Vision: A new generation of DJs and musicians play cut 'n' paste with film history.

Record Roundup

Sound + Vision: A new generation of DJs and musicians play cut 'n' paste with film history.

Techno-shams

Sound + Vision: A new generation of DJs and musicians play cut 'n' paste with film history.

Let's Get Lost

As part of Brian Eno's Passengers, U2 get a chance to escape themselves.

Art on the Edge

As part of Brian Eno's Passengers, U2 get a chance to escape themselves.

Bite Me

As part of Brian Eno's Passengers, U2 get a chance to escape themselves.